This blog started off by focussing on NZ's smaller 3rd level airlines, past and present. It has evolved to trying to present some record of NZ's domestic airline operations and some of the larger charter operators, interesting NZ international airliner movements and photos I have taken around the country. Comments, corrections or contributions are welcome, Steve - westland831@gmail.com

15 March 2015

Sunair Introduces Even More Services...

I just found this on the
Sunair Facebook page…

Sunair Aviation are
excited to announce new services! Sunair, from 1 April 2015, will be flying new
routes! The new routes are;

Whangarei to Great
Barrier Island (twice weekly)

Hamilton to Great
Barrier Island (daily)

Hamilton to Whitianga
(daily)

Whitianga to Whangarei
(twice weekly)

Whakatane to Hamilton
(weekdays)

Whakatane to Gisborne
(weekdays)

Whakatane to Napier
(weekdays)

These services continue
to grow Sunair's route structure across the North Island, making Sunair a very
competitive choice.

A little more searching and I found the following…

Sunair is expanding their
scheduled air service from Whitianga. From the beginning of next month they’ll
be adding Hamilton and Whangarei (via Great Barrier Island) to the list of
destinations they already serve. “Our services between Whitianga and Auckland
Ardmore, Great Barrier Island and Tauranga are going really well,” Sunair pilot
Ryan Bergman (pictured) says. “Our research indicates that there’s a demand for
a service to Hamilton and that’s why we decided to start flying there. On Great
Barrier Island we had many requests for a service to Whangarei. It really makes
sense to add a second leg to that service to Whitianga.” Sunair priced their
new Whitianga-Hamilton service at $120 per person one way (the same price as
their services to Ardmore, Great Barrier Island and Tauranga). To get to
Whangarei from Whitianga, a passenger will have to buy a fare to Great Barrier
Island and another $120 fare to Whangarei ($240 total). Sunair will be flying
to Hamilton seven days a week and twice weekly to Whangarei. Ryan also says
Sunair put a lot of work into making Ardmore Airport in Papakura as accessible
as possible for everyone flying with them. A convenient shuttle service is now
available to both Auckland International Airport and the nearby Papakura train
station and Pegasus Car Rentals now have an Ardmore drop off/pick up service
available, starting at $55 per day for a rental vehicle (also available for
single day rentals). “Another thing we noticed is that a lot of people are
flying between Whitianga and Great Barrier Island,” Ryan says. “Both are great
holiday destinations with rental vehicle